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can we have hiv
Oct 7, 1999
what are my chances of having hiv, i just found out that my spouse is hiv+ my test came back hiv-. it seems like he has had the disease for some time i recently had a child which is three years old what are the chances of she and i having hiv, should she be tested also. and IF we are (-) how could this be.
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Response from Dr. Remien
If you do not believe your test to be true (for some reason) you may want a confirmatory test, just to be sure. But if your HIV- test is accurate (which it probably is) then your daughter cannot be HIV+ (from birth) if you are not HIV+. A baby can only get HIV from its mother if the mother is HIV+. And this would happen either in utero, at childbirth, or from breast milk. So, unless you have reason to believe that your daughter is at risk from an HIV+ adult then there is no good reason to have her tested. However, you really should consult a physician on these matters.
HIV is not an easy virus to transmit and there are a variety of reasons why someone would not seroconvert when having unprotected sex with an HIV+ partner. However, because it has not happened yet, that does not mean that it still cannot happen. So do want you need to do to protect yourself.
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